Originally Posted by
orbitmic
But that is not £14, it is effectively £62 and above. And I think that most of us with status disagree with precisely your point and think that it is most certainly the fee which is protecting our seat choice as per the example I give above of my latest booking. Don't you think that if there was no fee, given that that cabin is sold out, someone else would have long booked that last window pair that I managed to get because of my status? I sure do, and I think that it is why the AF flight with a few seats for sale did not have a window per left for me with the exact same cabin configuration.
I did say
if paying to select a seat £14 is not going to stop me from picking a better seat, i.e £76 for the best - £62 for the other = £14 extra for the better seat.
And I have already agreed that it is the overall cost that leads to few people choosing to pay that protects the seat selection for status passengers.
Its just that I disagree with a previous point it is designed to protect the best seats.
i.e £76 for the middle rear facing seat in row 6, or £62 for a rear facing window seat with direct isle access in row 13